Window-display.



C. S. JACKSON.

WINDOW DISPLAY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. :915.

Patented FebQG, 1917.

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wmoow DISPLAY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 911915- 1,2jl4.5%6. Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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rran snares earner rip CLARENCE S. JACKSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOI-t 'lO BAYER-STROUD CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. 55., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WINDOW-DISPLAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. JACK- soN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Displays, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to display devices adapted for show windows.

The object thereof is to provide a very simple and inexpensive support for displaying goods in windows, which can be made of cardboard or other such inexpensive material, but which will be sufficiently rigid to form a substantial support for small wares.

Another object of my invention is to provide an article of this character which will not only serve as a support or shelf but which will be very ornamental, presenting very pleasing scenic effects.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a show window having my invention attached thereto, Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 8 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 4 is a perspective view, with the figures removed, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of some of the figures, showing the engaging parts.

The device consists primarily of a support for merchandise and, secondarily. of such an arrangement of-the parts as will secure strength and add to the display effect.

In the drawings there is shown a shelf 1, which comprises the horizontal member of the device when in use. This shelf may be of any suitable length and width, and it is preferably made of cardboard or like inexpensive material. Suitable devices are provided for supporting this shelf and for this purpose I prefer to arrange the bands or straps 2, which are adapted to support the shelf against the inner surface of the window glass, so that the display will be brought up close to the observers. These bands have their ends attached at 3 and i" to the shelf 1, near the front and rear of the latter, the bands being disposed near the ends of the shelf. The upper loops 5 of the bands are engaged by hooks 6 which form part of the hangers 7 which are pasted or glued to the window glass 8.

- The shelf 1 is adapted to support merand it is adapted for a great variety of small articles such as are commonly displayed in shop windows. If desired, the top surface of this shelf may have any desired design for the purpose of presenting a scenic effect, and this design may be such as will form part of a scenic effect in conjunction with the designs upon the front and back walls hereinafter described. The scenic effect may be such as will attract attention to the merchandise and it may be such as to suggest the origin, trademark or use of the merchandise. This shelf 1 if made of cardboard would in itself not be rigid enough and l have therefore provided front and back walls for rendering the shelf more rigid, and they are adapted to form part of the scenic effect of the display. For this purpose I have provided a front wall 9 which depends from the shelf 1 at its front edge. Preferably the front wall 9 is integral with the shelf 1, and the cardboard from which the device is made may be scored along the line 10 in order that the front wall may be turned down when the device is in use, or be folded against the shelf for shipment or storage purposes.

The front wall 9 will lie close to the window glass 8 and it will form a continuation of the shelf. The front surface of this wall may have a design thereon to constitute part of the whole scenic effect, so that, while the wall serves a useful mechanical purpose it may also be utilized for effective ornamentation.

In addition to the above there is provided a rear wall 11, which is also preferably formed integral with the shelf, the board being scored along the line 12 so that the rear wall may be placed at right angle to the shelf, or folded upon it. This rear wall 11 preferably extends upwardly from the shelf when the device is in use, forming a backing.

The mechanical purpose of the front and rear walls 9 and 11 is to make the device sufficiently rigid to avoid sagging and also to make it sufficiently rigid to support the merchandise without sagging. As these walls are angularly disposed with relation to the shelf and are connected or are integral therewith they make the device as a whole more rigid. Without these the shelf could only be used when made of a very chandise for the purpose of displaying its... substantial and inherently rigid material.

The disposition of the walls herein shown renders them useful in producing the desired ornamental effect.

In addition to the parts thus far described I prefer to provide means for retaining the rear wall 11 at an angle to the shelf. In the shelf there are shown slots 13 and into these extend the tongues 14 of figures 15 which are adapted to rest on the shelf and to form part of the general scenic effect. These figures have projections 16 adapted to straddle the top edge of the rear wall 11 and to lie in the slots 13 for the purpose of holding the rear wall at right angles to the shelf.

There is preferably provided'a top curtain 17 which is supported by the hooks 6 which support the shelf. This curtain hangs down close to the glass 8 .and it is suitably decorated to complete the scenic effect.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I have provided a substantial, yet ineXpensive display device, and one which may be folded for shipment or for storing away.

Having described my invention, what I claim is A display device for the purpose set fort comprising a horizontal shelf portion having a slot therein, an upwardly extending rear wall integral with the shelf and adapted to be folded uponsaidshelf, a detachable member insertible into saidslot and adapted to hook onto said rear wall for the purpose of holding said shelf portion and said rear wall at right angles to each other and flexible means extending from said shelf portion only and adapted to support said device.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this th day ofMay, 1915.

CLARENCE S. JACKSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Batents, Washington, D. G. 

